Do you attend or participate in festivals in your area?

Sep 30, 2012 4:29 PM

I live in South Louisiana where it seems that there is at least one Festival going on at all times. Some of the biggies celebrate food (Crawfish, Boudin, Cochon de Lait, Oyster, Gumbo, Jambalaya, Strawberries), music (Jazz, Blues, Zydeco, Country, Bach), culture (Italian, International, Greek, Cajun, Cajun, Cajun), and more, including some that are just generic let's-have-a-festival festivals.

The only one we faithfully attend is the Madisonville Wooden Boat Festival which is coming up in a couple of weeks. (www.woodenboatfest.org/) We bought our first old wooden boat, a 36' Grand Banks Classic, about 10 years ago and we worked our butts off restoring it. We're now on our third antique GB and the highlight of our social life is the Boat Festival. Food, drinks, friends with similar boating addictions, et al.

Do you enjoy festivals in your area? Do you participate or compete in any of them? What's your favorite festival? Share!

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We don't have that many, but there is one that I try to get to every year. It's called the Quadrangle (no idea why). Music, arts/crafts, a bbq contest, etc. It takes place downtown, right on the TX/AR state line.

I forgot to mention that any Wootizens who make it to the Wooden Boat Festival in Madisonville should look for the DesperadeauX and stop by to swap DW stories with me! Oh, and don't expect the Desperadeaux to look great. She's a work in progress.

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We don't have that many, but there is one that I try to get to every year. It's called the Quadrangle (no idea why). Music, arts/crafts, a bbq contest, etc. It takes place downtown, right on the TX/AR state line.

I forgot to mention that any Wootizens who make it to the Wooden Boat Festival in Madisonville should look for the DesperadeauX and stop by to swap DW stories with me! Oh, and don't expect the Desperadeaux to look great. She's a work in progress.

@mtm2: I probably drive near your house several times each year. Gulf Shores/Pensacola trips, and my high school BFF is in Mobile. If you miss us at Madisonville, we might be at the Biloxi show in May. It's not so much a festival, but we go every year. Haven't brought the boat yet. Maybe in 2013.

We have a lot of small towns in our mid-western area. The bigger festivals are the Harvest or Fall festivals. This time of year, there is one every weekend somewhere close. But we also have BBQ, bourbon and bluegrass that are woven into 4-5 local events, featuring one of those B's but including the others. Attendance is mandatory.

The two largest annual events are Thunder Over Louisville and Derby Week. Everybody attends some part of those.

The non-annual events? Every time we win a national basketball championship the populace goes crazy. See the news coverage of the riots this last year.

@belyndag -- Absolutely, Mardis Gras is a festival. If I can count Derby, you get Mardis Gras.

I think the nearest festival to me is the "Bikes, Blues and BBQ" festival in Fayetteville AR that ended today. I don't ever go because there are about 250,000 people there, and that's about 249,500 more than I care to be around, not to mention the 2 hour drive..

Whew! Spent ANOTHER day working to get the boat ready for the show. I think my hands will smell like Chlorox for the rest of my life! Unlike the situation in the original "Jaws," I want to tell DH, "I think we need a SMALLER boat!"

Once I get to the Boat Festival and dig into the goodies offered there it will all be worth it. I have to confess that I plan my days around the food booth offerings. Some things aren't to be missed, and some are new items I just have to try. One booth offers a creamy crawfish soup in a bread bowl, another has crispy fried eggplant slices smothered in seafood sauce. The list goes on. I save the bananas foster for the last day of the festival. Yummmm!

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